The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad has started their PhD admission and acting now un-bias the notification published is now without the provisions of reservation for the 2020 session which has drawn from various corners.

The admission process for the PhD shall be a full-time residential program, began on September 10 at Siddharth Joshi, a Fellow of IIM Bangalore and Deepak Malghan, Associate Professor at IIM Bangalore ,and so while writing a letter to IIM-A director Errol D’Souza in this concern said the decision is “In clear violation of the IIM Act (2107) that granted unprecedented autonomy to IIMs”. Further, no comment was received for the same.

The closing date for filing the application will be January 23, 2020. And the Interviews will be held in March/April and admission decisions made by the last week of April. More information can be obtained from here, https://www.iima.ac.in/web/iima .

Steps to apply-

• The Application Form and Brochure will be available online on the official website.
• Candidates can fill-up the application form online and are qualified to apply for a maximum of three Areas of high levels of specialization.
• The application fee for the same is Rs.500/- and which can be paid through the IIMA gateway. The last date for submitting the application will be January 23, 2020.

As we know, IIMA has a history of willfully skirting reservation provisions in the doctoral program. But now it is accepted that it is now time to make amends. IIMA is a public institution, and its actions in the PhD program violate the institute’s implicit social compact. Rumours added that the argument that IIMA’s doctoral program is a super-speciality program is just as misleading.